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Lap-by-Lap: Michigan

Lap 201 -- CHECKERED FLAG: Brad Keselowski can't find enough steam to get around Greg Biffle for the victory, and he very nearly loses second to a hard-charging Kasey Kahne at the stripe. It's the second win of 2012 for Biffle, and the 12th for Roush Fenway Racing at Michigan.

Lap 200 -- GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle, Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne are the top five on the restart. Kahne goes three wide into third place, and that allows Biffle and Keselowski to break away.

Lap 199 -- The race will end with at least one attempt at a green-white-checkered finish.

Lap 198 -- Jimmie Johnson's car may have stopped at the transporter, but Johnson did not. He headed straight for the motorcoach lot without speaking to reporters.

Lap 187 -- GREEN FLAG: The top five are Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle. Biffle makes a hard charge into third place, while Kahne drops back through the pack after a slow restart.

Lap 154 -- The top-three drivers are separated by about 8/10ths of a second.

Lap 152 -- Jimmie Johnson gets a run on Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the lead off Turn 4.

Lap 150 -- Fifty laps to go. Jimmie Johnson is right on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s bumper for the lead. Tony Stewart has once again brought his car out of the garage.

Lap 149 -- Matt Kenseth is on pit road with a flat tire. Also, Juan Montoya and his crew chief have been ordered to the NASCAR hauler after the race.

Lap 148 -- GREEN FLAG: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle are the leaders. Earnhardt wiggles ever so slightly in Turns 1 and 2, but he's able to hang on to the lead. Matt Kenseth is off the pace.

Lap 74 -- GREEN FLAG: Clint Bowyer, Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski are the leaders when the green flag comes back out. Bowyer is clear with the lead between Turns 1 and 2.

Lap 73 -- Kurt Busch is on pit road.

Lap 72 -- Kasey Kahne is pitting again. Kurt Busch did not pit, which moves him to the top of the running order.

Lap 71 -- The leaders are on pit road. Everybody takes two tires.

Lap 70 -- Mark Martin thanks fans for giving him the chance to drive such a "hot rod."

Lap 69 -- Matt Kenseth is the leader after the front two were taken out in the accident.

Lap 66 -- The accident was trigged when Bobby Labonte and Juan Montoya got together right in front of then-leader Mark Martin. After sliding off Turn 4, the end of pit wall sliced into Martin's car just behind the driver's compartment.

1:01 p.m. ET -- The colors are presented by the Michigan State Police Color Guard. After that, the invocation is given by Father Geoff Rose of Lumen Christi High School in Jackson, Mich.

12:59 p.m. ET -- Lisa Bascom is singing the Canadian national anthem.

12:57 p.m. ET -- Pole-sitter Mark Martin made his first start here at Michigan thirty years ago on June 20, 1982, in a race won by Cale Yarborough. Martin started 15th and finished 33rd due to engine failure.

12:54 p.m. ET -- Five minutes until the start of the national anthem and invocation package. This is getting real!

12:50 p.m. ET -- There are A LOT of people on pit road here at Michigan!

12:41 p.m. ET -- Rusty Wallace is on a roll today. He just called Jeff Gordon out, saying that he has to become more involved in his race team.

12:37 p.m. ET -- ESPN's Rusty Wallace says that he's very disappointed that Kyle Busch skipped Saturday's final Sprint Cup practice here at Michigan to race the Nationwide event in Montreal. We'll have to wait and see how that impacts his effort today.

12:20 p.m. ET -- Ten minutes until the start of driver introductions.

12:14 p.m. ET -- ESPN just concluded an interview with Sam Hornish Jr. Because he concentrated on Saturday's Nationwide Series race in Montreal, he has not practiced his Penske Racing Sprint Cup entry at all this weekend. He'll have to start from the rear of the field.

7:20 a.m. ET -- Mark Martin is on the pole for Sunday's Pure Michigan 400. Starting alongside him on the front row will be Carl Edwards. Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Kasey Kahne will take the green flag in third through fifth, while Trevor Bayne, Martin Truex Jr., Marcos Ambrose, Landon Cassill and Paul Menard round out the top 10. Stephen Leicht and J.J. Yeley failed to qualify for the event.

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